Painting

I've decided that instead of painting in bits and pieces i.e. front left, front right etc that I would do it in a large batch. So once everything was cleaned and prepped with the acid etch from POR15 then it was a case of ensuring that I would be around for a day to go at it in one go.

The POR15 rust prevention paint needs to be finger drag cured for next coat. If it's totally dried then the next coat will not bond properly and compromise the protection. At 5 degrees in the garage this equated to about 2 hours drying time.

I did two coats rust preventative and then a coat of chassis black over the top to ensure UV protection / extra protection.

I rigged up a 'butchers rail' from rafters in garage with coat hanger meat hooks to be able to paint as many parts as possible in one go.

So we have to take shiny parts                               and acid etch 

string them up

Just add strange masked man and paint 

  

and behold the end result... and I've nearly run out of things to do.

 

Need to source bearings and bushes etc to ready these for chassis attachment